Global Consciousness

Five Insights about Global Transformation from the Kosmos Study, Connecting for Change

By Rhonda Fabian
Last year, Kosmos commissioned a communication research study to better understand an emerging global movement and how groups within the movement could connect effectively. Led by Kosmos Digital Editor Rhonda Fabian and Jen Horner, PhD, both alumni of the Anneneberg School for Communication, the study was shared widely with the Kosmos community and remains one of the most-read features on our website.
Here we summarize the key insights from the study.

INTERVIEW Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Global Citizens of a Living Earth

Interview by Rhonda Fabian
Kosmos: Teacher, what teaching from Sufism is most relevant for world leaders to hear at this time?
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: The central Sufi teaching of the unity of being—that all of creation is an expression and manifestation of an inner unity—is the most important mystical teaching at this time. The oneness, which the mystic knows in the depths of the heart and also experiences reflected in the outer world, needs to become central to a world at present driven by divisiveness.

Why the Will Matters Now

We are living at a time when the vision of wholeness is seeping into consciousness, upsetting all sorts of established patterns of thinking, seeing, and acting. As a species we are, perhaps for the first time in any collective sense, beginning to care about the good of the whole, noticing that the well-being of the […]

Does the Human Species Wish to Survive?

The title question is deliberately provocative, yet relevant to reflections on the future of humanity. The question is framed to encourage inquiry into whether the human species as a species has the collective will needed to overcome several global challenges that confront humanity before the onset of catastrophic havoc. Such framing can be labeled as […]

Transforming Power: Impact, Partnership and the Tao of Wholesome Power

“The world we live in is a whole and so, of course, are we—individually and collectively. So are every environment and situation we face. When we act as if we and they are separate from each other, wholeness creates ‘side effects’ that can be undesirable and ultimately catastrophic. On the other hand, when our exercise of power is in harmony with the reality of wholeness, wholeness evolves in harmony with us, including and supporting us. This conscious participation in co-created power of, by, and for the whole—this wholesome power—is key to creating the kind of lives and societies that are an ongoing delight to belong in.”

Love of Humanity Made Manifest

Sometimes we live with a word for decades and consider that we know exactly what it means, what it refers to and how best to use it. I did not title this article "Philanthropy" because I imagined that readers might turn the page to avoid this conversation. I wonder how many of us know the real meaning of this word.

The Importance of Building a World Community

The conditions for creating world community are more favorable than ever:
1) Our social, political, and economic issues are now global.
2) No one country can solve the global crisis alone.
3) There are a number of global organizations establishing norms for building a world community.
4) There is a globalization of peoples’ identities.

Plenary Speech at Johannesburg: The World Alethea Dreamed Of

There were tears in the room as Bayo shared the dream he has for his newborn child, Alethea. It is the dream we all have for our children. In his dynamic and heart-felt talk, Bayo referred to his close friend Charles Eisenstein, another international figure bringing heart into our lives and future. He and his wife Ijeoma are initiating co-founders of Koru, a trans-local network of cultural creatives who believe another world is possible.